Gregory Polek has spent his entire career in aviation journalism with AIN, starting as a proofreader and assistant to then-managing editor Mary Mahoney in 1995 after serving an internship with&nbsp;New Jersey Monthly&nbsp;magazine and completing his B.A. degree in English/Writing at New Jersey’s William Paterson College. By 1997 Polek accepted a position as an associate editor, covering the regional airline beat for&nbsp;Aviation International News&nbsp;in place of retiring industry veteran Don Anderson. The assignment took Polek across North America and Europe to profile regional airlines varying in size and mission from the likes of floatplane operators Kenmore Air and Chalk’s Ocean Airways to regional jet operators such as SkyWest and American Eagle. Today, in his dual role as Air Transport Editor and International Airshow Editor, Polek writes, edits, and manages AIN’s commercial aviation content while overseeing each of the company’s daily international air show publications in Paris, Farnborough, Singapore, and Dubai. Most recently Polek has assumed oversight of daily coverage of the Helicopter Association International’s annual Heli-Expo convention.

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Gregory Polek

Bombardier registered a much-welcome letter of intent (LOI) for the C Series CS300 on Tuesday at the Dubai Air Show, when Turkish low-fare carrier Atlasjet signed for 15 of the new narrowbodies. The potential contract, worth as much as $1.18 billion if Atlasjet exercises a further five options covered by the LOI, could become firm by year-end, said Bombardier vice president of sales Chet Fuller.
Schedules still call for the 125- to 145-seat CS300–the larger of the two C Series variants–to gain certification at the end of 2014. Atlasjet plans to take deliveries from the first quarter of 2016 through mid-2017. Although Bombardier hasn’t released information on seat capacity, Fuller did confirm that Atlasjet plans to take the airplanes with a high-density, single-class configuration. Bombardier expects authorities to certify the 110- to 125-seat CS100 in late 2013.
Now holding firm orders for 133 C Series airliners, Bombardier continues to talk with Qatar Airways about a prospective order, said Bombardier Aerospace president and COO Guy Hachey. In charge of the C Series program since the retirement of Gary Scott in October, Hachey said he expects to name a successor for Scott some time around the end of this year.
Fuller said Bombardier has sold out all its slots for the C Series through 2014 and that it holds “a couple” for prospective customers in 2015.

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